LAPD Will Separate Trans Inmates to Ensure Their Safety

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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The Los Angeles Police Department is instituting a major change by holding transgender female inmates in a separate section of county jails.

The move is intended to ensure the women's safety while they're being arraigned, which typically lasts about three days. Transgender women have been exposed to physical and sexual violence when held with male prisoners, as was the policy in the past. The transgender women will be held in a special women's module at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles.

The LAPD made the announcement during a meeting in Hollywood with the transgender community. LGBT advocates have long pushed for the change. Read more here.